The President today announced the nomination of Tom C. Korologos
and Robert M. Ledbetter, Jr., as members of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors.

Mr. Tom C. Korologos, of Arlington, Virginia, currently serves as a
member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Mr. Korologos is the
co-founder and President of the Timmons and Company consulting firm.
From 1991 to 1994, he was a member and Chairman of the Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy. At Columbia University, he was the
recipient of the Greenland Rice Fellowship and a Pulitzer Fellowship.
In 1988, he was named as a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of
Utah. Mr. Korologos received a B.A. from the University of Utah and a
M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Mr. Robert M. Ledbetter, Jr., of Tupelo, Mississippi, has served on
the Board of Directors for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mississippi since
1995. Mr. Ledbetter has also served as the Vice President and General
Manager of WTVA TV in Tupelo, Mississippi, since 1977. He also served
on the Board of Directors and was past chairman for the Community
Development Foundation of Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Ledbetter is a
graduate of Mississippi College.

The Broadcasting Board of Governors was created by the Board of
International Broadcasting Act of 1994. The Board supervises all United
States-funded non-military international broadcasting entities. These
include Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America, Radio and
Television Marti, and Radio Free Asia. Currently established within the
United States Information Agency (USIA), the Board became an independent
federal agency in October 1999.